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Salem mortgage calculator
A median-priced Salem, OR home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Oregon property tax of 0.93% and $1,100 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$3,077 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $2,481; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $510,620 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $27,052 ($283,465 in today’s dollars).
Within Oregon, Salem is the cheapest of the 4 Oregon markets covered here — Bend runs about 1.76x these prices. Buyers priced out of the expensive end of the state often end up comparing exactly this pair.
The price-to-rent ratio here is 20.3 ($425,000 to buy, $1,748 a month to rent), which is high. Renting and investing the deposit is a genuine alternative in Salem, not a fallback position.
Salem is cheaper than Oregon as a whole — $425,000 against a state median of $500,000, roughly 15% below. On a 20% deposit that is $15,000 less to find up front.
Monthly cost in Salem vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $425,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $42,500 |
| Loan amount | $382,500 |
| Principal & interest | $2,481/mo |
| Property tax (0.93%) | $329/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $92/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $175/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $3,077/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,748/mo |
What a rate move does to the Salem payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $2,172/mo |
| 6% | $2,293/mo |
| 6.5% | $2,418/mo |
| 7% | $2,545/mo |
| 7.5% | $2,674/mo |
| 8% | $2,807/mo |
Rent or buy in Salem?
Against $1,748 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $81,674 better off — $68,709 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Oregon rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Oregon medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Salem figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.